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although i would build a walker if the rules changed so that clusters couldn't be a fourth entry, i would much rather not see ALL clusters consigned to the first three entries. fair enough make a rule against a 125 gram ant put with a random nano but i don't think it's really necissary to ban all clusters from the fourth entry. i mean: all three botlets of my cluster are specifically designed and constructed to be an antweight clusterbot. Transit ant has the wide double tyres to compensate for the weight disadvantage it has when fighting a full weight ant. naughty penguin has very thick armour and a fast drive system to cope with fighting ants and this too shall fail ( the part that is a nanoweight ) also has armour that is thicker than most of the other nanos for the purpose of being able to cope with a hit from an antweight spinner. that is what distinguishes the penguins from other clusterbots. i'm not having a go, but my main point is: it took me a great deal of time, money and effort to build a propper antweight clusterbot. it's the same deal with warhorses, termite cluster and a few others. it just doesn't seem fair to me to relegate clusters from the fourth entry when there are those of us that expend just as much time and effort into building them as others do building walkers. for this reason i would propose that we simply ban the use of nanoweight qualifying robots in clusterbots. it would still allow people to build a cluster comprising of a big part and a small part/s however it would insist that the smaller part was constructed for the specific purpose of being a botlet of an antweight clusterbot.

sorry for the really long post by the way. it's just i'd been thinking about it and i thought it best to make my views known.

Fite me m8 is built as an ant fighter first and a nanoweight second. I put a tonne of effort into custom gearboxes for the drive and working on the grabber to help keep aggression on ants. It's naive to say a nanoweight cluster didn't have the nanoweight part built specifically for the purpose of being an ant clusterbot. The only reason it didn't come in as a cluster was because it's intended partner (ROFLSTOMP) came in 4g over the target. Where do you draw the line between specially built cluster that happens to be a nano and a intended nano.I also have a CAD for an even more effective ant killer nano that would pose a significant threat in the arena.

Wow, that escalated quickly, I didn't even get to put my votes in before the whole agree/disagree posts...

For the record:
1) None of my business as I don't build them, but I prefer the 50mm limit as it creates a nice differentiation between weight classes.
2) Yes. The 3 minute time limit is a real pain. The vast majority of them are just cluster botlets waiting to be put out of their misery, very few good fights seem to go the full 3 minutes. And at the event I ran we had a few 'Judges decisions', and people didn't agree, but as someone else said, they did respect the decisions.
3) B or C... Probably leaning towards C. I like building clusters, but it's very frustrating to see people just exploiting the loophole to get an extra roller in. I'd only like to see clusters eligible if they are of equal weight. eg, 2 x 75g botlets, 3 x 50g botlets. I know it's not in the rules, but my own ethos is that a cluster bot should have a common theme/design. The whole point is that it's two parts of the same robot, not just ant two robots thrown together. I think banning them from the fourth slot will mean more clusters follow this route in future, as they will be built because somebody actually wants a cluster, not just to exploit a loophole in the rules. This also plays into my hands slightly as my next cluster was going to be a walker anyway.